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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
TO POLISH HICKORY.
Valuable Suggestions for Wood-Workerx,
Painter and Amateur Mechanics.

Valuable Suggestions for Wood-workerw.
Painter and Amateur Mechanics.
First clean all spots and rough places
off. For this purpose use fine sandpa-
per, even if it does take little longer.
No. for surfacing and No. II for rough
sanding. 1t will pay to do 30. After
sanding, rub light coat Of raw linseed
oil on (take rag to do SOY; add n
little japan, about the same quantity
you would if it was priming lead used.
After it has dried in, take white shell
lac, thin with spirits of wine (or alco-
holy, and run over it lightly. After dry
ing, sand down again and give it "a
stout coat of varnish. Rub down with
pumice stone and oil, wash with CASTLE
soap and water, clean thoroughly, and
give another light coat of rubbing var
nish. Rub that down with pumice and
water. finish and your job is done. The
reason we give it the oil first is that
without it the shellac, if used. not hav-
ing much, if any, penetrating power,
the varnish is liable to scale off
after being run awhile il
the weather. Also the same
objection is found in putting the var
nish on first; being quicker than oil in
its setting qualities, it is not as good u
penetrator as oil. The oil is the safest
plan. We prefer using oil to rub the
first coat of varnish, because il there
are any places rubbed through, the
danger from the grain raising is not SO
great, because it does not stand so long
in the water. The little time taken to
wash it will not hurt it any. A pol
ished wood job should not DO striped,
only the irons loaded and blacked off,
Carriage Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
DEMONSTRATING.
Four Points to Bc Considered In the Selec.
tiOn of a Furnace.

uOu VI u uTudCcs
1st Be sure and put in furnace
capable of comfortable heating the
building in the coolest weather without
heating the fire-pot to red heat. The
contraction and expansion due to the
great changes of temperature in the
furnace, when the fire has to be forced,
soon loosen the joints of a furnace built
up of several pieces, and permit the es-
cape of the gases of combustion into
the fresh air supply.
Wrought iron and stcel-plate fur
naces are now made which are claimed
by the makers to be superior to cast
iron furnaces, but it has been shown
that wrought iron furnaces may leak
after having been some time used.
1t seems to be the general opinion of
manufacturers of hot air furnaces that
no rule can be made by which one can
tell what size furnace he should use to
heat given amount of space. They
say the only thing to go by is expert
ence, taking into account the exposure
of the building, location of furnace,
ETC.; hence an architect must rely upon
the recommendation of the manufact-
urer, and it is, therefore, best to deal
only with those who have good repu-
tation.
2. Cold air supply. Especial care
should always he taken to secure Il
large supply of fresh air by means of
wooden or metal duct connecting the
air chamber under the furnace with IN
opening in the outside wall of the
building, preferably on the north
or west side. This duct should
be as large rs the opening in
the base of the furnace. The air sup
ply should on no account be taken from
the cellar, because it is almost sure to
be contaminated with gasses escaping
from the furnace door, and, perhaps,
there may be decaying matter or bad
plumbing in the cellar, which also give
off injurious gases.
The fresh air supply should not be
brought in through an underground
duct without taking especial precau-
tions to have it air-tight, and should
not pass across or near drain or
sewer.
3. A furnace is usually placed near
the center of IL building, the object being
to have the fues conveying the heated
air from it as short as possible. Hori-
zontal flues for heated air are very
undesirable, as the friction in them
checks the current and involves
loss of heat. The direction of
the wind has great influence
on the action of hot-air flues, and for
this reason it is better to place the fur
mace, not i'm the center, but toward that
side of the house against which the
winter winds blow most frequently and
strongest. In the Northern States this
will be toward the northwest. If n
building of large area is to be warmed
by furnace heat, it will be much better
to use two or three furnaces distributed
over the area than one large central
one.
4. The register and hot-air flues
should be of ample size, as it is much
better to have u large quantity of air
admitted at low temperature than q
small quantity of air at very high
temperature. = Builder and Wood.
U0rker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
PALATABLE REPTILES.
Some OF the Salient Points of the Rapidly
Growing Terrapin Industry.

Growing Terrapin Industry.
Baltimore is the greatest tcrrapin
market in the world, just as the Chesa-
peake Bay is the greatest feeding
ground for these reptiles. 1t is esti-
mated that out of this bay and its trib-
utaries over 81, 800, 900 worth are taken
annually.
At the average price of $50 dozen,
this means 100000 terrapin. and it re-
quires the steady work of over 500 men
to catch them. Like the canvas-back
ducks, the terrapin feeds chiefly on
water celery or water cress, and this
grass is particularly abundant in the
Chesapeake, more so in fact than in any
other body of water in this country.
This explains why the canvas-back
duck, after leaving his British home
further North than even New York
aldermen go. flies straight to the Chesa-
peake every autumn. 1t explains, too,
why the terrapin roost in its coves and
along its shores and refuse to leave un-
ill taken away to grace the festivities of
the dinner-table.
And yet terrapn is a comparatively
recent dish. Within the present cen.
tury one of the great planters of Anne
Arundel County leaves it on the record
that he bought the best terrapin in the
Annapolis market for twelve and half
cents each, and that his slaves rebelled
because he gave them terrapin instead
of pork. Forty years ago old John M.
Clayton, who was among the first to
discover the gastronomic excellence of
the terrapin, bought them in quantities,
paying one dollar for an ox-cart load,
which he would have dumped in his
cellar like ton of coal. Here the
terrapin laid all winter, or until tho de-
mands of the table had exhausted tho
stock, 1t is said that Washington, and
Lafayette, and CORVALLIS, and Tarlcton
softened the asperities of Yorktown by
dishes of terrapin, but they evidently
kept tho delicacy to themselves, for 1t
never attained any great popularity
until tho last half century.
Now the call for terrapin comes from
all parts of this country and Europe.
President Cleveland frequently gets
terrapin from Baltimore. Large ship
ments are made every week 10 New
York. Its growing popularity In En-
gland Is due to American influence
Those who have never seen Britishei
essay for the first time dish of terrapil
have missed an interesting study IN
facial expression. Invariably he gazel
upon 1t rs If 1t were plate of boiled
fishing worms. Then after much per
suasiOn he tastes it, and forcvermore III
is it's patron and friend. The recipes
are numerous, from the famous one O
Sam Word, which captivatcd the Prince
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
Female Theater ushers.

One of the positions filed in Europe
by women, but here reserved for men.
is that of usher in the theater In many
places women have charge of the sale
of seats in the box office. They wear
dainty white muslin caps with great
red or blue satin bows ON them, and in
their neat gowns add much to the dec
orative effect. If you drop the smallest
article they will restore it TO you. just
before leaving the theater the other
evening, says lady now travelling ON
the continent, one of the ladies in our
party discovered that she had lost her
Eyeglasses. "You will find them
at the box-oflice." said the young
lady who brought us our footsstooi.
The owner was rejoiced. As she had
been promenading in tho foyer she sup
posed the glasses had been trampled
upon. Baltimore Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

and that which was already there be.
gan TO be removed. He thought IL
we'll to continue his experiments with
tho eucalyptus leaves, and on proving
the result informed others what he had
discovered. In u very short time the
leaves of the eucalyptus tree fell into
very general use among the engineers
on the Pacific coast for removing scale
from all boilers and for preventing cor
rosicn. The value of the tree to Amer
lean industry having thus accidentally
been developed. its rapid growth having
been demonstrated, and its usefulness
in destroying the pests and maladics
arising from marsh lands being proved
by eminent physicians, q strong desire
has arisen among the keepers and cul-
tivators of park lands, as well as those
who take great interest in ornamcnting
their grounds with forest vegetation
entirely different from the native pro-
ductions, to reproduce this tree in vari-
GUS parts of the country, not only as IL
curiosity. but also as ono of the valu-
able additions to the productive re-
sources of the United States in both an
agricultural and commercial sonse.-
N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
The Preferred Creditor.

"Mine frcn'," said q Georgia mer-
chant to a drummer who used to frolic
with him, after the former had compro-
missed all around at forty cents on the
dollar and gained year to wind up the
business, ''rm goin' ter make Of you
er-vot you call hierm--brevere
creditor. How vas dotp"
'Thanks, old fellow, thanks! knew
you wouldn't go back on me. How are
you going to arrange itp" The mer-
chant led him aside.
"Vell," said he, closing one eye. II
want to tell you rite now that nobody
vas gointer git darn cent outer dis
pizness."
"And you call this making me pre-
ferred creditorp" The drllnlmer's eyes
could have been knocked out with u
stick.
"Vy notp You know all aboud it
now, but dem udder vellers Won't fine
i'd out fur er year. "-Aacon (Ga.) 2ele-
graph
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
A HOME OF HIS OWN.

Poor Little HuInpbacIsed Joe, the News
hoy. Saved His Money and Got His
Wish.
In u Ncwsboys' Home visitor OBJ
served child's high-chair standing in
a corner Of the dining-room.
"Have you child here?" he asked
the matron.
mo. That is our little Joe's," she
said.
A sudden silence followed. Even
the boys standing near checked their
noise and skirmishing for u few min
utes.
"Wh0 was Joep" asked the visitor.
"a little fellow" said the matron,
"who came to us when he was but six
years old. He was a humpback and a
cripple. never having grown after he
was five. But he was u bright, push
ing little fellow, and u very atfectionate
child. He slept here and took most Of
his meals here. That is his chair. J.
] gave it TO him. The superintendent
said ! favored him. Well, l was fond
II Joe. We have a savings bank into
which tho boys put their pennies or
dimes every week. 1t gives them the
habit oi economy. Joo began saving
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
BY AND BY.

Lads, with manly hearts and true, 81
Sturdy hands to carry through
High and bold endenvor,
Shun the Street OF BY and Byi
Go not near-rll tell you why;
That's the road to Never.
Down the Street OF by and by
He that stands 10 gaze will spy
Many n dreary token;
Ruined walls where grass has grown.
Wains of treasure overthrown,
Houses wrecked and broken.
All Is failure, gloom, despair:
Cheerful hubbub huns not there,
Axe nor hammer clashcs;
Mist, and mold, and silence dccpi
While the tOwnsfollt browse or weep
Ger the whitcned ashes.
Turn not down its winding track
Whose enters comes not back;
All the woe, the pity!
Forward, lads, with earnest brow
Tread the busy street of Now,
On to Fortune City.
--Liffis Eoiks
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

The engineer of an Alabama coal
mine got into discussion about religion
with his fireman, and tho water ran out
Of the boiler and an explosion followed.
While four or five mon were killed,
neither of the two men was hurk-CAi-
cag0 Herald,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

"A certain civil engineer, now high
in the profession, is said to have got
his start from his first report Of a sur
vey. He had been sent out to inspect .
river which Congressional lobby
wanted improved for navigation, and
when he returned he handed in this
brief but comprehensive statement:
.'The river is not worth q dam. DE
tr0it Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

The curious observation that fric-
tion fails to produce heat in metals un.
Ter, the influence of magnets IL now be.
lng discussed. Metals SO exp0sAl have
been turned In lathe Quita aely.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-02
Cross-Breedi,,o Hoos.

Many farmers get the idea that they can
raise better hogs by combining the good
qualities OF two or more breeds. In &C.
cordance with this view, they one year use
Poland boar, the next q Berkshire, and
the next perhaps a Jersey Red. Some
even go SO far as to have rotation of the
hog crop by beginning with the first and
going through the series again. Little, if
anything, is gained and much is lost by
this practice. The hogs are not uniform
in size, form, color, general appearance, or
in ability to fatten. When a man comes
to sell them he can not offer an even lot of
hogs similarly fine in all respects. The
buyer is not so we'll pleased when he sees
them as he is by an even lot of any one
bread. Another important point is devel-
oped when the farmer comes to pick out
young sows for the next years breeding.
If he has bred evenly he can get an even
lots of sows. the best suited to his idaa Of
type of that breed, and boar can be
chosen that will suit all. Where mixing
has been INDUCED in the sows chosen will
represent several types, and the boar can
A man gets some inspiration for better
breeding if he has bred to type always
carried in his mind, and annually repro
duced in the pen with increasing accuracy.
There is, of course, something to be said
on the other side-breeding to fine, or
breeding in and in to establish or preserve
type. For the practical production Of
pork there is no need of doing fancy breed
ing. So many raisers of the standard
breeds can.be fosn9 within short journey
Of almost any farmer that he need not lack
for boar quite similar to his "type" with.
out breeding to one closely related.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-02
but she stopped him. She brought him
his musket and babe him get away with

but she stopped him. She brought him
bis musket and babe him get away with
all possible speed.
81 hope to see you again and talk over
old times" she said, IF this dreadful war
don't use US all up; but if you don't want to
go straight to Richmond, you'd better hur-
ry along after your people. General Early
Will be following close along; it's time for
his scouts to reach here now. Ny husband
is one of them, but I don't believe he
could save you. Maybe I'm not doing just
right to warn you-Tm q good deal of a
rebel myself, you must know"
She smiled. Shaw looked very doleful.
u guess I'll have to go to the Libby
Cora, in spite of all your kindness. I feel
sure can't walk mile"
There's mule in the shed out there. ("
she quickly rejoined. "Take him and 40.
He saw in her face the struggle that his
declaration cost the brave girl. 1t was the
only mule of poor Virginia family. No
more need be said.
Cora, God bless you!" he said, and his
eyes filed with tears. "Your heart hasn't
changed. if you are rebel. Blood is
thicker than water. You'll live to be glad
of what you have done for me-
He emptied his haversack Of the rem
nants of hard-tack left in it; turned his
pockets inside out, and shook out three
greenback dollars, the only remains of the
last pay day; and, warmly shaking both of
Mrs. Abel's hands, he took the mule and
made very good time back to his regiment.
He had not been gone an hour when
lieutenant George Abel, with detach-
house Mrs. Cora vas very glad to see &c her her
husband, and he was glad to treat his com
rades to the luxury of cup of coffee.
"Where did you get it, Cora?" he asked.
"From Yankee straggler," she said.
After another hour, when she was sure that
her cousin was safe, she told them the
facts.
Now, if this were romance, can see
how it ought to end. Lieutenant Abel
should be killed in battle; Shaw should be
badly wounded and brought to his cousins
house; she should nurse him, and he
should marry her. But it was not SO.
Both Shaw and Abel were wounded, but
survived the war; and the former, now a
rich manufacturer at the West, takes his
wife and children down to the Shenandoah
almost every year to visit his Yankee
rebel reconstructed cousin and her hus-
band.
That mule has been many times paid
for.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-02
Skilled.Far,,s Labor.

No idea has done more to repress farm
ing plogress than the idea that farm
laborer need not be skilled-that brute
strength is the main requisite. This never
was trte; and is less so now than ever be-
fore since improved machinery has to be
handled. But even in handling such old
fashioned implements as the az and the
hoe efficiency depends as much upon skill
as upon muscle. 1t ia by no means the
largest pr strongest hired man who will do
the mott work in day. And when help
is hired that is entirely unused to our
methods of farming its ine1perience greatly
detracts from its value. The truth is that
farmingis trade that has to be learned if
the workers at it would be effective. It re-
quires knowledge and skill in larger num-
Der Of things than most other kinds of
business. In fact, it is never fully learned.
The Oldest and most successful farmer is
generally the most ready to learn some-
thing new about his business, and it is
usually this habit which he has kept up
through his life that has given him his sue
cess. THAT farmer shows only his limited
idea Of his business who thinks that he
knows SO much about it that he cannot
learn anything more. And, though skill
in farm help is desirable, it is sometimes
better in rough work to have green hand
willing to do as he is told, and to learn,
than one self-conceited with the idea that
he knows everything already. Much de-
ponds upon employers. Some are them
selves so conceited that few hired men are
willing to try to learn from them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-02
2; quietly took his musket and locked \ ~

in closet. " tockeo u up
. An uneasy movement Of the s,aon..
9q =. small book from his n rSgsI
1t fell to the floor. The woman tool PG =
ana glanced at the names written 1 a. ~ up ~
ny lear. 1t was pocket Bible and bo re
the inscription: "no oore
Matilda Shaw co her son William,
Rome, N T., September /. 1859
Inc woman uttered an eiacn,ation ~
., and closely scanned the
sleepers face. Then she shook him hv
the shoulder. ''A LII" oy
Cousin Will" she exclaimed. 40 h.
started started up and rubbed his eyes, adon't vo on
Know me; Don't you remember Cora
"Why-so it is! I thought vour face
looked h familiar. ought to have remem.
6 5era that That you were married somewhere
He promptly availed himself Of the nr;v;-
leee that belongs to cousins, the world
over-he kissed her. A good many Years
a1ter she told him that when he had done
mat she no longer had any doubt about his
he wished to have a LONG talk With h.r
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-02

mixed with that of the evening, the Frenef
milkmen subject it to double operation3
which consists, first, in placing it for
short time in hot water baths in sucp
manner as to carry the temperature til
about POI degrees. Second, to cool it ims1
mediately afterwards as fast as possibleS
and to keep it at low temperature. /,
There are various sorts of apparatus iRl
use in carrying out the object, but it ca4a
be done simply and cheaply anywhere. Az
least the scalding process is easy. All that,
is necessary is to have large boiler ii,
which water is heated, and trough placed
SO that boiling water can be let in through
faucet. The cans of milk are placed III
the trough and the hot water allowed t.
flow around them.-Americon Cultiuatos.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-02
method Of scattering pollen, and the effect
OF the pollen carried by the dry winds, are
less in wet weather.-Popall0r Gardening,
STOCK BREEDING.
Experiments IL, Cattle Food,

experiments IN CQttte EOOQ.
MN. Joulie and Cottu have published,
In the "Annuaire de la Societie DIES Agri-
cutteurs de France," 1855, the results of
some elaborate experiments which they
nave carried out in the feeding of cattle on
DRIED artificially. Without attempting to
follow them in their records Of analysis of
foods, weighings of excreta, and other de-
tails, we may state the increase in weight
gained by the animals fed on each variety
of fodder. In the first experiment COW
and bullock were fed on green clover,
o similar pair on ensiled clover, proper
tionate in quality THAT is, about one-tenth
less in weight, and third COW and bull
lock were fed on the same quantity of
clover dried. At the end of fifteen days
NO: COW had increased in live weight
eight kilegrammes and No. bullock seven
kilogrammes. These were fed on green
clover. The COW fed on ensiled clover
(sweet SHAGGY increased fourteen kilo-
grammes, and the bullock thirteen kilo-
grammes. OF the two fed on dried clover,
the COW increased four kilogrammes, and
the bullock made no increase at all. Two
OF the animals were afterward fed on sour
at the end of which the one fed on soul
silage had increased in live weight nine
kilogrammes, and that fed on sweet silage
fourteen kilogrammes. The animal gained
twenty-eight kilogrammes in twenty .foul
days on sweet silage. The COW which in
the first experiment gained eight kllo.
grammes. when fed on green clovor, made
no increase at all in nine days when fed on
sour clover silage, with some cake and
other dry feed added. On the other hand,
the bullock which in the first experiment
made gain Of seven kilogrammes in
fifteen, gained nine kilegrammes in nine
days when fed on sour clover silage alone.
Lastly. the bullock which gained nothing
when fed on dried clover, and suffered
from diarrhea in the second week of the
first experiment, completely recovered when
fed on sweet clover silage, and gained
twenty-five kilegrammes in nine days.
MN. Joulie and Cottu conclude that
sweet silage is an excellent food, fal
suwerior to green clover, while they are
unable to come to any definite conclusion
with respect to sour silage, the results Of
using it being conflicting and at the best
inferior to those of sweet silage.